Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] Offers

["Glotmorf" <glotmorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/18/02 at 9:06 AM Wonko wrote:

>Quoth Glotmorf,
>
>> [[ Offers are sort of like mini-contracts that only involve two parties
>and
>> very specific actions.  Anything more complex than that could probably
>be done
>> as a Society. ]]
>>
>> {{ _I'll Make You an Offer You Can't Accept_
>>
>> {{ _Offers_
>>
>> An Offer is a set of required actions that two entities (Parties) agree
>to be
>> bound by.  A Party agrees to be bound by an Offer when e Commits to it.
>One
>> Party, the Offeror, Commits to the Offer when e creates it by posting its
>> terms on the public forum.  The other Party, the Acceptor, Commits to the
>> Offer when e states on the public forum that e agrees to (Accepts) the
>Offer.
>>
>> The Offeror may restrict what entities are permitted to Accept the Offer,
>> either by naming them explicitly or stating characteristics that include
>> certain entities; if no such restriction is made, any entity is
>permitted to
>> Accept the Offer.  At least one entity must be permitted to Accept the
>Offer.
>> The Offeror may withdraw the Offer at any time prior to its Acceptance.
>>
>> An action that an Offer can require of a Party can be either a Gift or a
>> Service.  A Gift is a transfer of game resources from the required Party
>to
>> the other Party.  A Service is a game action that the required Party must
>> perform; this game action must be accompanied by a Time Limit before
>which the
>> action must be performed, and may be accompanied by a Contingency, which
>is a
>> specification of game resources the required Party must transfer to the
>other
>> Party if the action is not performed before the Time Limit.
>>
>> If a Party is responsible for a Gift, or if a Party is responsible for a
>> Service that includes a Contingency, the resources stated in the Gift or
>> Contingency are removed from the Party's possession when the Party
>Commits to
>> the Offer.  Said resources (known as Escrow) are held by the Offer until
>the
>> Offer is Concluded.
>>
>> If an Offer involves no Services, the Offer is Concluded when two Parties
>> Commit to it.  At that time, resources held in Escrow are transferred to
>the
>> Parties intended to receive them.
>>
>> If an Offer involves Services, or Gifts and Services, the Offer is
>Concluded
>> when all Services are Performed or Defaulted.  A Service is Performed if
>the
>> Party responsible for the Service performs the action specified by the
>Service
>> before the Time Limit specified by the Service; a Service is Defaulted
>if said
>> Party fails to perform said action before the Time Limit.  Once all
>Services
>> are Performed or Defaulted, if any Defaulted Services in the Offer do
>not have
>> Contingencies, all Escrow is returned to the Parties that originally
>provided
>> it; otherwise, Escrow for Gifts is transferred to the receiving Party,
>Escrow
>> for Contingencies of Defaulted Services is transferred to the receiving
>Party,
>> and Escrow for Contingencies of Performed Services is returned to the
>> providing Party.
>>
>> A Party cannot Commit to an Offer if e cannot perform the actions in
>Services
>> that would be required of em, or if e does not have the resources for
>Gifts or
>> Contingencies that would be required of em.
>>
>> }}
>>
>> }}
>
>One small loophole here - What if I submit an offer that includes my paying
>somebody, say, 2000 points? I can't Commit to the Offer because I don't
>have
>the resources for the Gifts that would be required of me, but nothing stops
>me from creating the Offer... Then we've got a free-floating Offer with
>nobody attached to it.

The Offeror, who makes the Offer, Commits to the Offer by making it.  If e can't Commit to the Offer, e can't make it.

						Glotmorf


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